Up Pompeii
Details of a new exhibition on Pompeii in London
History Today
A Clutch of Historians
John Miller asks historians why, and for whom, they write.
Going, Going, Gone...?
Ian Fitzgerald on the precarious state of some listed buildings.
Kimberley's Diamonds
John Powell on the colourful life of a Whig minister
The Georgian Group
Richard Cavendish looks at the wide-ranging interests of The Georgian Group
Europe's Happy Families?
Peter Laslett discusses how the Continent's 'happy families' have changed dramatically since the War.
First Blood to the South: Bull Run, 1861
The rebel yell that dispelled hopes of a quick Union victory – Brian Holden Reid looks at the battle that set the scene for the American Civil War's protracted and bloody conflict.
Wear and Tear in Roman Wiltshire
Keith Nurse explores the excavations of recently-discovered Roman remains
Is there Now, or Has there Ever Been, A Working Class?
Bryan Palmer looks at the dialogue between Marxism, class struggle and working-class identity in the changing fortunes of working-class history in North America and beyond.
The Rise and Fall of the Tower of London
A place to inspire visions of secret prisoners, torture and the axe - but the reality was less blood-soaked and more varied. Geoffrey Parnell chronicles the fortunes of the capital's royal fortress.